Have the Greens (and the devils of the FDP) been destroyed by the taint of being part of the Federal coalition?
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Looking at the official website, there were two rival Green parties (dieBasis and ÖDP), who got 1.5% of the vote combined, along with other parties in a similar hue (bunt.saar, Volt and Tierschutz) with 4.3% between them. Also, during the federal election, the Saarland Greens ended up not presenting a party list, which will doubtlessly have been remembered.
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One can argue that it was really the multiplicity of "other" parties in Saarland and the fact that they collectively got 10 percent of the vote without any of them breaking 2,5 percent individually that created that result. It was particularly the case for the Greens, given the ecological bent of several of the most successful "others".
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https://twitter.com/Wahlen_DE/status/1531610805531201536?s=20&t=J9qwmaaFkuUsvVdgax5Wew
On the one hand, it is striking that twice as many members of the Great German believe that the Greens are best placed to solve the country's current problems.
It is, however, at least equally striking that 49 percent don't believe that any party can.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostOn the one hand, it is striking that twice as many members of the Great German believe that the Greens are best placed to solve the country's current problems.
It is, however, at least equally striking that 49 percent don't believe that any party can.
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Germany’s Die Linke could split into two parties over the Ukraine war, as the ailing leftwing party’s indecisive stance over economic sanctions against Russia triggered a series of high-profile resignations this week.
The German Left party’s future has hung in a precarious balance since it snuck into the national parliament last autumn under a special provision for parties that win three or more constituency seats. Should three of its 39 delegates resign from the party, Die Linke would lose its status as a parliamentary group and attached privileges over speaking times and committee memberships.
Party insiders say such resignations are a matter of when, not if, after a week of vicious public in-fighting over a speech in which the former co-leader Sahra Wagenknecht accused the German government of “launching an unprecedented economic war against our most important energy supplier”.
Supporters of Wagenknecht, a controversial but prominent figurehead, are already hatching plans for a breakaway party to compete in the 2024 European elections, the German newspaper Taz reported this week.
Such a split would be likely to spell the end of Die Linke, 15 years after it was founded in a merger between the successor to East Germany’s Socialist Unity party and former Social Democrats disillusioned by their party’s direction under Gerhard Schröder, and just under a decade after it formed the largest opposition force in the Bundestag’s 2013-17 term.
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An update on the "which party do you trust to solve Germany's problems" question.
The Greens still lead, but their share has been almost halved from when I last posted this in late May, while "None of Them" now gets 63 percent of the total
https://twitter.com/Wahlen_DE/status/1577270256426307587?s=20&t=_wrE-MUUgSTyfYy2H_maAA
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Along the same lines.
Exactly zero of the most prominent politicians have a net favourable rating
[https://twitter.com/Wahlen_DE/status/1578072879232684037?t=VBdJ66MImHhFvjXuIrZ8dQ&s=19
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Ach du lieber Mecklenburg Vorpommern (state legislature voting intentions)
https://twitter.com/wahlen_de/status/1704037127414022403?s=12&t=xvOireV8JOIS_CpbTtDBow]
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Wagenknecht is announcing the launch of a new party tomorrow, which will look to draw diseffected voters from both die Linke and SPD, but also target protest voters who have been flirting with the AfD.
It has the potential to play a significant role in coalition discussions going forward.
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